My recruiter said I'll only have to be active duty for 17 years because I took 2 yrs of ROTC and 1 year in the DEP. Is this true.
2007-08-08 16:19:08 · 12 answers · asked by nick 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
ROTC does not count towards active duty time. DEP only shaves off from your initial 8 year obligation, it also does not count for AD time for retirement purposes.
enlisting at age 18, you can retire with 20 at age 38. Plenty of time to get another job as something and retire from them after 20 years, thus having 2 pensions by the time you are 58.
2007-08-09 01:33:02 · answer #1 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. You have to do 20 years from date of enlistment, not from the start of your DEP date. The only way around that is to be placed on the Disability Retired List. Even with 20 years in as an enlisted man, you will be transferred to the Marine Corps Fleet Reserve and will be subject to recall to active duty until you reach the 30th anniversary of your initial enlistment.
2007-08-08 16:26:15 · answer #2 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You must have a minimum of 20 years active service or more to get your pension. The time you spent in ROTC only counts as reserve time and will add points and time in grade for promotion, but only if it was at the college level. Sounds like the recruiter is telling the truth, but not the whole truth.
2007-08-08 17:43:53 · answer #3 · answered by ProLife Liberal 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think your recruiter is just trying to get his enlistment quota. full retirment is 20+ years active duty, longer if you are in the reserves. the only way for you to retire from the miliary at 35 ia if you go in at the age of 15, so add 20 to your age plus 2 or 3 years and that will give you the aproximate age when you retire from the corps.
2007-08-08 16:30:25 · answer #4 · answered by tedibaar 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He might retire at 35. Come out of retirement at 38 and play for the Wizards. Who knows? It could happen.
2016-05-17 10:57:06 · answer #5 · answered by savannah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry buddy, but you have to do 20 + years to retire active duty. if you retire in 20 years you only get 50% of your base pay when you retire. add an additional 5% for each year after that. 30 years will get you 100% of your base pay when you retire.
2007-08-08 19:24:25 · answer #6 · answered by suotropapi69 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah right! He promised you a condo, yacht, & sports car too?
20 years of honorable service will get you retirement!
ROTC & DEP does not count!
2007-08-08 16:50:53 · answer #7 · answered by R.M. 61 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If that is what your Recruiter is telling you then you had better check everything he has told you. He is wrong.
Just add 20 years to how old you are when you go in.
DEP doesn't count nor does ROTC.
2007-08-08 17:35:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
just add 20 years to when you join, i dont know about the ROTC stuff, you can retire after 20 years of service to receive the FULL benefits package...you never know, they might start to cut back the military in 15 years and offer early retirement...its all a gamble
2007-08-08 16:26:05 · answer #9 · answered by LAVADOG 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DEP counts for some time in, but not for the regular twenty years of retirement.
Service time begins when you start active duty (the day you report to boot camp).
2007-08-08 16:26:28 · answer #10 · answered by wichitaor1 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋